Churn.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906 R. H. GARNER & K. .T. HE'NLEY.

GHURN. v APPLICATION IILED JAH. 6, 1906.

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i after fully described, and particularly point- UNITED a ier men 1 ROY r11 GARNER AND KINTCHE-N T.HENL1*1Y, or BAY CITYQ iLLrNoIs.

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Be it known that we, RoY H. GARNER and KINTCHEN T. HENLEY, citizens of the United be clamped to the churn-casing, the o ject of theinvention being to provide a novel construction of churn of this character productive of specific advantages,'as will be hereined out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the operating mechanism of the churn applied to the churn-casing, the latter ap earing in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a vertica transverse section of the lid,-frame, and dasher mechanismp Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the clamps, showing the swiveled connection of it's actuatingescrew therea with.

. depending extensions5, said extensions be- 3 ing formed with threaded eyes or apertures 6 w for the reception of adjusting-screws 7, swiveled at'their' inner ends, as indicated at 8, to segmental clamping-jaws 9, said jaws being adapted to fit withm the grooved portions 2 and bear against the same to hold the cover and parts applied thereto firmly in position upon the casing.

The standards 7 per ends by a cross or crown plece 10, and d1sposed upon one side of this cross-piece between the adjacent side ed es of the stand ards and extending upward y from the cover is a bearing-bracket 11, sultably fixed :at its lower end to the cover and provided at its upper end with a horizontal arm 12, extending over upon and fastened in any preferre manner to said cross-piece.

\ The cover and cross-piece are formed with.

Specification of Letters Patent. macaw filed January 6. 189%. Serial No. 294,953.

4 are c onnected at their up-- Patented May a, 1906.

alined openings'l3 and 14, receiving bearingsleeves 15 and 16,,the sleeve15 being pro vided at its lower end witha flange 17, which is countersunk in a recess 18 at the base of the opening 13, said recess causing the production of a shoulder 19, engaged by the flange, whereby said sleeve is held fromupward movement. The sleeve 16 extends through the opening 14 and through a registering opening 1-9 in the arm 12and is provided at its upper end with a flange 20, countersunk in a recess 21, formed in said arm, said recess causing the production of a shoulder 22, against which said flange bears to limit the downward movement of the sleeve. the two sleeves 15 and 16 are respectively threaded for engagement with hollow or tubular beveled pinions 23 and 24, each of which isprovided with a bearing-shoulder 25, which shoulders, respectively, engage the up- The upper and lower ends 'of per surface of the cover and the lower surface of the crown-piece 10 to hold the sleeve 15 from downward and the sleeve 16. from upward movement, whereby the two, sleeves are ,adapted to rotate in fixed planes in their respective bearing openings. The pinions mesh withv and are driven in reversedirections by a beveled driveear wheel 26, the hub of which is formed wit a threaded opening for engagement with a threaded spindle 27, j ournaled in a bearing-opening 28, formed in the bracket 1 1 and carrying a crank-handle 29, wherebythe gear may be 0 erated. Extending at its upper end throughthe sleeve 15 and'projectin below the cover is a hollow shaft 30, which is fixed to said sleeve 15 by a set-screw 31.' Ah'ollow shaft 32 extends at its upper end through the sleeve 16 and is similarly fixedthereto -by a set-screw 33. loosely through thehollow shaft 30 and pro jects below the same, the construction thus being such that the two shafts will rotate with the bearing-sleeves in opposite directions when motion is imparted thereto throu h the plnions and beveled drive-gear.

The s aft 32' forms a conductor through which hot or cold water may be introduced into the churn;

The hollowshaft carries a dasher 35, arranged to slide vertically thereon and adapted to'be fixed thereto by a set-screw 36, said dasher being provided with a pair of obliquely-set blades 37, tending to force the cream downward, the adjustability of said The shaft 32 also extends downward in Letters" Patent N0. 820.297.

dasher permitting it to be set at different elevations. within the churn-easing to operate effectually according to the level of the cream or the amount of cream contained in said casing. The lower end of the shaft 32- carries arotary dasher 38, fixed thereto -by a set-screw 39 and provided with obliquely-arranged blades 40, set reversely to the blades 37, so as to forcethe cream upwardly, ,the two dashers in their oppositerotary movements thus not only impartingrotary 1110- tion to the cream, but also an. up-anddown;

motion, so as to affect its rapid and thorough conversion into butter. a

The modes of employing the churn mechanism will bev apparent, and it will be seen that its construction is such as to adapt thedashers and drive mechanism to be used ,in

, succession for churning the-cream within any desired number of/casin s or j ars, and that by adjusting the 'up'perdas her 35 the apparatus-- may be employed for operation'in casings containing, different quantities .of cream. It

' will also be apparentthat the construction of 'riedbytthe cover and havingza superposed portion formed with. a bearing opening having a counterpart recess and shoulder at the upper end thereof, bearing-sleeves extending through said opening and providedat' their respective lower and upperends with flanges occupying said recesses and bearing against said shorilders; beveled pinions in threaded engagement with the upper end of the lower beaming-sleeve and the lower end of the upper bearing-sleeve and having shoulders respecand wer surface of said'superpos'ed portion of the :frame, a drive-gear mounted on the frame and meshing withsaid pinion, a hollow shaft extending through and fixed to the,

tively engaging the upper surface of the cover, 1 i. I

lower sleeve and carrying a dasher a shaft extending through andfiked to the 'upper .portion formed witha bearing-opening with a counterpart recess andv shoulder atjthc upper end thereof, bearing-sleeves extending through said open ng and provided at tl1eir respective lower and upper ends with flanges occupying said recesses and bearing against,

said shoulders, beveled pinions in threaded engagement with the upper, end of thelower bearing-sleeve and the lower end of the upperbearingsleev'e and having shoulders ';respectlvely engaging the upper surface of the,

cover and lowersurface of the said superposed portion of the frame, a drive-gearmounted on the frame and meshing with said pinion, a hollow shaft extending through and fixed to the lower sleeve, amldashers carried by said, shafts and. having obliquely-disposcd blades arrangedrto respectively forcethc cream up and down the casing, the dashcr upon the hollow shaft being 'adj u stable to operate at different elevations v In a churn,;the combination,ofa casing,

a cover therefor, a continuous hollow shaft {a second ;cont1nuous., hollow shaft extending through and above andibclow the firstmamed hollow shaft, saidshafts having theirlower ends arrangedv in jiuxt aposition, the lower end of the inner shaft opening directly into the casing, .dashers independently fixed upon the lower ends of said shafts, and gearing acting upon the upper ends of the shafts for drivingthem in opposite directions. I

In testimony whereof ,we allixoursignatures in presence oftwo witnesses;

ROY 1-1. GARNER. v .7 v rK-INTCHEN T. HENLEYL @Witnessesz 1 I i I E W RD H RIS,

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i It is hereby. certified that the name of first-mentioner'i pa'tente e ind letters Patent 1%.:8202297}, gran ted 'May 8,1906, for an limprovementint Churns, was erroneously written and printed Roy-H. Garner, Whereas saidname should have been written and printed Ray'H GarneT; and that the Letters Patent should'be read with this -Ofl'l0.6. A, A,

fSigned and sealed this an day'ofD'ecem'beiyA, 1).;1906.

[SEAL correction therein that the same may conform to the record of thejcaslerintho Patent F. I. ALLEN, 

